Adah Elizabeth Hommel

Female23 May 1872–9 July 1940

Brief Life History of Adah Elizabeth

When Adah Elizabeth Hommel was born on 23 May 1872, in Montgomery, Montgomery, Orange, New York, United States, her father, Charles O. Hommel, was 30 and her mother, Elizabeth M Brundage, was 31. She married William J. Ingersoll on 21 March 1900. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. She lived in Hamptonburgh, Hamptonburgh, Orange, New York, United States in 1930 and Orange, New York, United States in 1940. She died on 9 July 1940, at the age of 68, and was buried in Montgomery, Orange, New York, United States.

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Family Time Line

William J. Ingersoll
1871–1955
Adah Elizabeth Hommel
1872–1940
Marriage: 21 March 1900
Dwight C Ingersoll
1901–1978
Emmett Stuart Ingersoll
1903–1980

Sources (10)

  • Sarah E Hommell in household of Charles Hommell, "New York State Census, 1875"
  • Adah Hommell Ingersoll, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Ada Hummell in entry for Dwight Ingersoll, "New York, County Marriages, 1847-1848; 1908-1936"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    21 March 1900
  • Children (2)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (1)

    World Events (8)

    1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

    Age 3

    In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

    1875 · A New Civil Rights Act

    Age 3

    During the response to civil rights violations to African Americans, the bill was passed giving African Americans equal treatment in public accommodations, public transportation, and to prohibit exclusion from jury duty. While many in the public opposed this law, the African Americans greatly favored it.

    1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act

    Age 18

    This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.

    Name Meaning

    German and Dutch: variant of Hummel 1.

    North German and Dutch: variant of Hummel 2.

    French: topographic name from a diminutive of homme, a variant of orme ‘elm’.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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